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Weinberg Foundation Approves $400,000 in Emergency Response Funding for 10 Baltimore Nonprofits

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05/14/2015

... Foundation today announced $400,000 in emergency grants to 10 Baltimore nonprofits – current Weinberg grantees – ... unrest and violence in Baltimore City. “Based on all of the information that we have...

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Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S., Other Countries

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10/27/2015

Commonwealth Fund Supported Study on Task-Shifting from Physicians to Nurses in Europe, U.S. Faced with physician shortages, ... in different countries and assessed the implications of various...

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Supported by Commonwealth Fund, Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test

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07/18/2016

Supported by Commonwealth Fund , Study Shows Diabetes, Depression Apps Are Failing the Usability Test A new UCSF study finds that some of the most popular apps for diabetes, depression and caregivers are too...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide

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09/15/2016

Bloomberg Philanthropies Contributes Funds for Online Tool to Reveal Commercial Fishing Activity Worldwide Oceana, SkyTruth and Google today launched the public Beta of Global Fishing Watch, a new online...

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Funded by Russell Sage, Study Finds Childhood Obesity Rates Rise During Summer Break, Not During School Year

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11/02/2016

... summer vacations, not during the school year, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. Paul von Hippel, an associate professor ...

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Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the High-Need Patient

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12/07/2016

Commonwealth Fund Publishes Report on Making Health Care Better for the ... Patient These 44 one-on-one listening sessions helped to reveal what clinical and cost data cannot—firsthand insights into how aspects...

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Funded by Teagle Foundation, Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum

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01/26/2017

... Comparative Assessment Project Demonstrates Enduring Power of a Core Curriculum Based on hundreds of interviews with ... The Core experience, the data suggest, continues to deliver benefits...

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Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More Interesting

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02/13/2017

Bloomberg and Rockefeller Are Crowding the Field of Urban Innovation Funding — and Making it More ... a bit at Inside Philanthropy about philanthropic efforts to give cities a boost, work that comes at a moment...

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Commonwealth Fund's President Says Republicans Need to Act Fast to Enact What History Will Call Republican Health Reform

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02/16/2017

Commonwealth Fund 's President Says Republicans Need to Act Fast to Enact What History Will Call Republican Health Reform In the fall of 1964, Wilbur Cohen, then assistant...

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Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets

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03/13/2017

Commonwealth Fund Explains Why the House Repeal Bill Is Unlikely to Stabilize Insurance Markets Congress established the ... program to compensate insurers for the riskiness of...

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Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan

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03/20/2017

Commonwealth Fund Research Cited in NYTimes Piece on 'Fake Freedom' of GOP Health Plan Last week the nonpartisan Congressional ... by this, perhaps because, in their minds, deciding not to...

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Commonwealth Fund's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 List

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03/29/2017

Commonwealth Fund 's Kathy Regan Makes City and State's Above & Beyond 2017 ... day after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, millions of women marched in Washington, D.C., New York City and other...

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Tiffany & Co. Foundation Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate

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05/03/2017

... Funds Study on Corals; Some Corals Are Adapting To Warming Climate A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals are adapting to warming ocean waters - potentially good news in the face of...

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W.T. Grant Funds Research on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth

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05/03/2017

... on How Technology Use Affects At-Risk Youth More use of technology is linked to later increases in attention, behavior and self-regulation ... more conduct problems and higher ADHD symptoms compared to...

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Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds

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05/04/2017

Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded ... . . Alarming Number of Young Girls in Mexico Are Forced to Marry, Ford-Funded Report Finds ...

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Simons-Funded Research Finds Brain Differences Between People with Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia, Autism

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05/25/2017

... findings could help explain the biological underpinnings of these neuropsychiatric disorders.The research, published May 23 in the Journal of Neuroscience, sheds light on how an excess, or absence, of...

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Commonwealth Fund: CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: 22M Americans Uninsured & Sharp Increases in Premiums for Elderly

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07/03/2017

Commonwealth Fund : CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: 22M Americans ... Budget Office (CBO) released its report on the impact of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), the Senate bill to repeal...

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Serving Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs

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08/25/2017

... Up Success: Citi Foundation Grant Funds FIU Assistance to Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs A grant from Citi ... University create StartUP FIU FOOD, an incubator to help new food and beverage entrepreneurs grow...

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Commonwealth Fund: Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments Creates Confusion for States

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09/11/2017

Commonwealth Fund : Indecision on ACA Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments ... Among the Trump administration’s first promises was to give states more flexibility and control over their health ... to...

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